Combined bottle-closure and coupon-disk.



APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5, I915.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

INVENTOR S ATTORNEY entree snares PATENT @EFFIQE.

JAMES E. INGRAM, 0F BALTIMORE, 'MARYLAND, ALBERT K. KELLER, GE PHILADEL-PHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND HENRY L. ARTHUR, 0F ABERDEEN, MARYLAND,ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TD WILLIAM H. G. GOULD, 0F PHILADEL- lHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED BQTTLE-GLOSUEE AND COUPON-DISK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Febo it, illlillhi.

Application filed March 5, 1915. a Serial No. 12,321.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, James E. INGRAM, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of Baltimore, State of Maryland, ALBERT K.KELLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city ofPhilato provide a bottle or jar closure comprising a member which isadapted not only to perform its proper function as a part of the closurefor closing a bottle, jar or similar receptacle, but which also may beseparated from the closure and used as a coupon disk or tag.

Another object of our invention is to provide a closure having adisk-like member which is adapted to have any desired data or legendprinted or otherwise placed thereon and which is also adapted to bedetached and separated from the closure and used or employed as atrade-coupon.

A further object of our invention is to provide a closure for bottles,jars or similar receptacles comprising an annular member which isadapted to be detachably secured to the mouths of bottles, jars orsimilar receptacles for closing the same, said annular member includingan inwardly extending flange portion which overlies the top edge of themouth of the bottle and said closure also comprising a disk of suitablerelatively thin material the outer edges of which lie against the insidesurface of the said inwardly extending flange and which disk closes theopening through the said member. The said disk provides a suitable spacewhereon may be printed such characters and 1e ends as may be desired.

A still further object of our invention is to provide a bottle or jarclosure comprising a plurality of parts constructed and as-' sembled insuch relation to each other that if in the act of removing said closuresfrom such bottles or jars an inward pressure is exerted, inwardly uponthe disk of relatively thin material, simultaneously with a forwardpulling force upon the outer lower edge of the annular member, the saidparts W1ll be partially separated from each other so that the said diskmay be readily removed.

Other objects and advantages of our inventlon will be referred to in thedetailed description thereof which follows or will beapparent from suchdescription.

In order that our invention may be readlly understood and comprehendedreference should be had to the accompanying drawing in which we haveillustrated one? form of a convenient embodiment of our invention but itwill be understood that changes in the details of construction w thinthe scope of. the claims may be made without departing from ourinvention.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a top plan view of a closure comprising acoupon disk embodying our invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse section ofthe same in closed position upon a bottle, said figure also disclosingmeans in position for removing the closure from the bottle; and Fig. 3is a transverse sectional view through the several parts or elementsemployed in the construction of our invention, said parts beingseparated and in position to be readily assembled.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates, as a whole, an annular memberhaving a depending crimped skirt 2 and having a transversely andinwardly extending flangelike portion 3 which is adapted to overlie theupper edge of the mouth of a bottle, jar or similar receptacle whenin'closed position thereon. The opening 4 through the annular member 1is closed by means of a disk 5 of suitable material, such as thin sheetmetal or other thin sheet material. It will be observed from examinationof Figs. 2 and 3 that the diameter of themember 5 is substantiallygreater than the diameter of the opening 4 but that such diameter isless than the internal diameter of the skirt 2 so that the disk 5 may beplaced in position within the annular member 1 against the flange-likeportion 3.

6 designates a disk of suitable material,

such as cork, which fits closely within the other similar receptacle inknown manner to seal the same. The disk 6 is adapted to be detachablysecured to the disk 5 in any suitable manner. The means employed by usfor that purpose consists of a disk 7 of thin sheet material, such aspaper, thoroughly impregnated with fusible adhesive substance.

in assembling the parts of the closure the disks 5, 7 and 6 may beplaced within the annular member 1 and subjected to heat and pressure,the members 5 andfi being thereby detachably secured together by meansof the adhesive action of the fusible adhesive material with which theintermediate thin disk 7 is impregnated.

It is apparent that the disk 5 not only performs its purpose andfunction as a part or element of the closing means to close the bottle,jar or other similar receptacle, but that said disk is adapted to beremoved from the closure structure and employed or used as a premiumcoupon or tag, serving its purpose or function in that respect in amanner similar to the premium coupons or trading stamps such as are nowgiven out by many mercantile concerns. It will also be apparent that byreason of the relative arrangement of the disk 5 and the coacting disks6 and '7 said disks may be partially, if not wholly, removed in the actof removing the cap from the bottle, jar or other receptacle towhich itmay be connected or attached. This may be done by employing a capremover of a construction including a fulcrum point which rests upon thetop of the removable disk 5 while another portion thereof is inengagement with the lower edge of the skirt 2, the removal of the capbeing efiectedby exerting an upward or outward pull upon the skirt andsimultaneously exerting a downward pressure upon the disk 5 by means ofthefulcrum-of the cap remover.

One form of cap remover which may be employed is illustrated in Fig. 2of the drawings. Said remover comprises a hook portion 10 which isadapted to catch at any point under the lower edge of the skirt 2. Thefulcrum 11 of the said remover is adapted to contact with the disk 5 ofthe cap. it will be. seen that downward pres sure exerted upon thehandle or body portion 12 of the remover would be transmitted throughthe fulcrum 11 to the disk 5 and also to the disks 7 and 6 and thatsimultaneously an upward or outward pull would be exerted by the hook 10upon a part of the lower edge of the skirt 2 with the result that theannular member 1 would be tilted away from and off of the mouth of thebottle, jar or other Similar receptacle in known manner. It is apparent,therefore, that in the act of removing the cap from the closedreceptacle the disk 5 together with the disks 7 and 6 underneath thesame would be partially at least forced out of the surrounding theannular member 1 the disk 5 may be readily separated and disconnectedfrom the disk 6 and'iit' desired also from the disk 7 although whetherit should be separated and disconnected from the latter would makelittle, if any, difference.

Instead of the disk 5 being embodied within the construction in themanner illustrated it may be connected detachably with the cap structurein anyother manner which may be found to be practicable and desirable. I

"We claim 1. lln a combined receptacle closure and coupon disk. thecombination of an integral annular member including an integral flutedskirt whereby it is adapted to be attached to the mouth of suchreceptacle and also ineluding an inwardly extending integral flangeportion which terminates above and in alinement with the edge of themouth of the said receptacle, a disk situated within the said annularmember and having its edges seated against the underside-of the inwardlyextending flange portion, and a sealing disk situated within the saidskirt below the said first-named disk and being adapted to contact withthe edge of the mouth of said receptacle for closing the same,substantially as described.

2. In a combined bottle closure and conpon disk, the combination of anintegral annular member including an annular skirt whereby said annularmember is adapted to be attached to the mouth of such bottle and alsoincluding an inwardly extending integral flange portion which terminatesdirectly above the edge of the mouth of said bottle, a metallic disksituated within the said annular member and having its edge seatedagainst the said inwardly extending flange, a sealing disk of suitablematerial situated within the said skirt below the firstnamed disk andbeing adapted to contact with the edge of the mouth of said bottle andadhesive means for securing the said disks together substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention, we havehereunto signed our names this fourth day of March, Al. D. 1915.

JAMES E. INGRAM.

ALBERT K. KELLER. HENRY L. ARTHUR. In the presence of ROBERT H.GUNDAKER,

EDWARD 'll. LARRING.

